Abstract
Xenochrophis piscator is a snake that often found in Indonesia, particularly in Java Island. Xenochrophis piscator is a non-venomous snake and often used for food, traditional medicine and as pets in Indonesia. Snakes can be infected by different types of parasites which are zoonotic. One of the zoonotic helminth infect snakes is acanthocephalan. Acanthocephalan can be transmitted to humans by ingesting snake products. We investigate the incidence of helminthiasis in X. piscator from snakes collector in Tulangan district, Sidoarjo, East Java. Parasites were collected from X. piscator organs. Identification of parasites was in carmine stain using light microscope for examination. Sixty snakes were observed and sixteen snakes were positively infected by adult acanthocephalan (26.67%). Acanthocephalan was found in mesenterium and fascia of X. piscator. Keyword : Xenochrophis piscator, acanthocephalan, helminthiasis, zoonosis.
Highlights
Xenochrophis piscator called checkered keelback snake or Asiatic water snake
Acanthocephalan is in medium sized phylum and identified by their proboscis which possesses with several backwardly curving spines to attach themselves to the walls of their hosts (Fig. 2B)
This study shown that acanthocephalan has been identified in X. piscator fascia and mesenterium
Summary
Xenochrophis piscator called checkered keelback snake or Asiatic water snake. Xenochrophis piscator is non-venomous snakes which commonly seen in freshwater lakes or rivers.[1]. Meat and internal organs used as food such as satay, blood and bile used as traditional medicines and skins used as materials for accessories.[4] The most serious health problems of X. piscator is internal parasites caused by its prey. This is because X. piscator usually eat earthworms, fish and amphibians which. Most of authors consider the acanthocephala as a minor phylum and equating it with their relatively unimportant This disproportionate probably because of the relatively small numbers of spesies, their relative lack of pathogenicity to their vertebrate hosts and diversity in acanthocephalan structure and live cycles. We need a study of the morphology of acanthocephalan in X. piscator in district Tulangan, Sidoarjo, East Java
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